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> professor of medicine According to this guy's Wikipedia page, he has claimed many times to be a professor of oncology at Imperial College: but he is not, and

> professor of medicine According to this guy's Wikipedia page, he has claimed many times to be a professor of oncology at Imperial College: but he is not, and Imperial College has sought legal options to stop him from making this claim. The page is full of other fairly astonishing stuff, not the least of which is apparent fraud connected with the Lockerbie Bombing. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Sikora https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karol_Sikora I get the feeling that there's more to this story than this article suggests.

alexpetralia 6y ago
This is the quote from Wikipedia: "Sikora told The Guardian that he did not know he would be used in the ad campaign, and that he agreed with Obama about the American health care system. In the attack ad, Sikora was referred to as professor of oncology at Imperial College. This led Imperial to seek legal advice to stop Sikora from claiming to be a professor of cancer medicine at Imperial; a claim that he was understood to have made repeatedly over the previous five years." . Here is The Guardian source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/may/22/karol-sikora-honorary-professor-imperial-college https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/may/22/karol-sikora... "Although the US advert did not state a link to Imperial, at the end of piece written by Sikora on the day it was first aired, 12 May, for UnionLeader.com, he was described as professor of cancer medicine at Imperial College school of medicine, London. ... "I'm very careful not to involve either my NHS contract with Hammersmith or Imperial in anything that's political," he said. "I'm a consultant at Hammersmith hospital, nobody would dispute that. It's true I can't call myself professor of cancer medicine at Imperial, but I can at Buckingham. The trouble is when I get quoted somewhere, they just use the old stuff." However, on 29 January, Sikora gave evidence to the Commons health select committee. Introducing himself, he said: "I am Karol Sikora, professor of oncology at Imperial College for 22 years."" . I believe it is possible the advertisement made this association without his consent; however I agree it is problematic if he represented to the Commons health select committee that he is a professor at Imperial. Personally, I don't find this damning evidence enough to eradicate his credibility.
- oh_sigh 6y ago
  Not understanding where exactly you have been a professor for the past 22 years isn't credibility eradicating?
tibbydudeza 6y ago
So he is a paid shill. At least he does not promote drinking bleach.
- akerro 6y ago
  yet
- busymom0 6y ago
  > At least he does not promote drinking bleach Lets not resolve to flame wars using factually false info which nobody ever said.
avs733 6y ago
this type of victim playing by knowing fraudsters is becoming the modern day 'hack' of the concept of free speech and really needs a counter. The problem is that there is no counterargument to an argument made in bad faith.

alexpetralia 6y ago

This is the quote from Wikipedia: "Sikora told The Guardian that he did not know he would be used in the ad campaign, and that he agreed with Obama about the American health care system. In the attack ad, Sikora was referred to as professor of oncology at Imperial College. This led Imperial to seek legal advice to stop Sikora from claiming to be a professor of cancer medicine at Imperial; a claim that he was understood to have made repeatedly over the previous five years." . Here is The Guardian source: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/may/22/karol-sikora-honorary-professor-imperial-college https://www.theguardian.com/science/2009/may/22/karol-sikora... "Although the US advert did not state a link to Imperial, at the end of piece written by Sikora on the day it was first aired, 12 May, for UnionLeader.com, he was described as professor of cancer medicine at Imperial College school of medicine, London. ... "I'm very careful not to involve either my NHS contract with Hammersmith or Imperial in anything that's political," he said. "I'm a consultant at Hammersmith hospital, nobody would dispute that. It's true I can't call myself professor of cancer medicine at Imperial, but I can at Buckingham. The trouble is when I get quoted somewhere, they just use the old stuff." However, on 29 January, Sikora gave evidence to the Commons health select committee. Introducing himself, he said: "I am Karol Sikora, professor of oncology at Imperial College for 22 years."" . I believe it is possible the advertisement made this association without his consent; however I agree it is problematic if he represented to the Commons health select committee that he is a professor at Imperial. Personally, I don't find this damning evidence enough to eradicate his credibility.

oh_sigh 6y ago
Not understanding where exactly you have been a professor for the past 22 years isn't credibility eradicating?

tibbydudeza 6y ago

So he is a paid shill. At least he does not promote drinking bleach.

akerro 6y ago
yet
busymom0 6y ago
> At least he does not promote drinking bleach Lets not resolve to flame wars using factually false info which nobody ever said.

avs733 6y ago

this type of victim playing by knowing fraudsters is becoming the modern day 'hack' of the concept of free speech and really needs a counter. The problem is that there is no counterargument to an argument made in bad faith.